GenuineRolla wrote in post #8157106Here's the set up shot from yesterday's shoot, if anyone is interested.

I really love your setup. Can you share with me your lighting gear please. I see an octabox, soft box and a beauty dish. Can you please give the specifics on these and how you are triggering these, also are these on external battery packs?

So I've done a ton of reading on the high speed sync, I have a set of Cybesyncs BUT my Canon 350D has a max sync of 1/250.

I want to expose for the sky and add a 580ex off camera, but when I trigger it using the cybersync i get a black band along the bottom. I understand what the black band is from but my question is:

If most cameras max sync is 1/250-1/500 then how can you go anywhere above 1/250th with off camera trigger systems? Do I NEED at least 2 EX Flash units?

thanks

The simple answer is yes, you do: your 580 EX II to act as a master, and then slave, e.g., a 430 EX II or another 580 EX II. Alternatively you could get a ST-E2 to act as the wireless trigger for your 580, but for the same cost you could get the 430 and have another flash. Lastly, if you want to use radio triggers, Cybersyncs will not work (as you found out) but Radio Poppers or the new Pocket Wizards will (see this post).

Check out this video for a nice demonstration of HSS with Canon EX units. If you have other questions, the experts in the Small Flash and Studio Lighting forum will surely know the answers.

zackh wrote in post #8214141Can you please share your lighting set up here. Love the effect.

The trick to this shot is two speedlights. one left and one right. The flash on the right is up high and pointing down at a 45 degree and diffused with a 24 x 24 softbox. The one on the left is far to the left and shot thru a ridiculously large diffuser. I think it is 60 x 40". Ratio is 8:1 8 being left and 1 being the right. Black background of course and 200 sync at iso 200

enginyr wrote in post #8221359The trick to this shot is two speedlights. one left and one right. The flash on the right is up high and pointing down at a 45 degree and diffused with a 24 x 24 softbox. The one on the left is far to the left and shot thru a ridiculously large diffuser. I think it is 60 x 40". Ratio is 8:1 8 being left and 1 being the right. Black background of course and 200 sync at iso 200

i think i commented on this photo before.. it is a great shot.. and the model is ridiculously attractive.. and i am not talking about the cute dog.. ha ha..

@ Peter

i like the second one.. and maybe the first one if it was PPed diffferently.. right now the colors don't grab me. but that is just me..:o

zackh wrote in post #8214178I really love your setup. Can you share with me your lighting gear please. I see an octabox, soft box and a beauty dish. Can you please give the specifics on these and how you are triggering these, also are these on external battery packs?

My questions if sound stupid, please enlighten me.

Really appreciate your time and thank you!

zack

Hey Zack

Here's what I did.

I used the beauty dish as key because it wasn't as heavy and I can get it up a bit higher than the octabox. I wanted it high so that the light would evenly cover the group.

Then, I chose to have the octabox and softbox as rims because not only did I want minimal shadows, but I also wanted the light to light up the surrounding elements/background.

I triggered them using cybersyncs and the Paul C. Buff Vagabond II to power the lights

enginyr wrote in post #8221359The trick to this shot is two speedlights. one left and one right. The flash on the right is up high and pointing down at a 45 degree and diffused with a 24 x 24 softbox. The one on the left is far to the left and shot thru a ridiculously large diffuser. I think it is 60 x 40". Ratio is 8:1 8 being left and 1 being the right. Black background of course and 200 sync at iso 200

How did you trigger these two speedlights? The right being inside a soft box.

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